Splice-bar.



PATENTED AUG. 13, 1907.

No. 863,502. v

W. BORDBAU.

SPLICE BAR.

APPLIOATION FILED APR. 20, 1901;

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SPLICE-BAR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 13, 1907.

Application filed April 20,1907. Serial No. 369,293.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM BORDEAU, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hubbell, in the county of Houghton and State of Michigan, have invented new and useful Improvements in Splice-Bars, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to splice bars for railway rails and one of the principal objects of the same is to provide strong, durable, reliable and efficient means for preventing the sinking, spreading, or creeping of the rails at the joint.

Another object of my invention is to provide a combined splice bar, rail chair and fish plate with means for securing the meeting ends of rails thereto to provide a firm splice for the rail ends.

These and other objects may be attained by means of the construction illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which,

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the meeting ends of a pair of rails united by a splice bar, made in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is an enlarged vertical section of the same.

Referring to the drawing for a more particular description of my invention, the numeral 1 designates the meeting ends of a pair of railway rails and 2 are the side flanges or fish plate members of my spliced bar. These members are each provided with an inwardly extending bead 3 at the upper edge thereof and a similar bead 4 at the lower edge, thus providing an intermediate space 5. The rail-chair member of the splice is hollow and formed to contain the base flange member 6 of the 7 rail end, said chair having an enlarged central portion 7 which increases the strength of the chair at the central part to prevent sinking of the rails at the joints. At the upper side of the rail chair a horizontal shoulder S is formed and extending through these shoulders upon opposite sides of the joints are binding screws 9, said binding screws adapted to bear against the upper surface of the base flange 6 of the rail ends to hold them against creeping or moving in the rail-chair. Bolts 10 pass through the fish plate members 2 and are provided with suitable nuts 11 for crowding the beads 3 and 4 against the web portions of the rail ends.

From the foregoing, it will be obvious that by loosening the screws 9 and removing the bolts 10, the rails may be readily slid lengthwise within the chair from opposite ends thereof and when the bolts are placed in position and the binding screws 9 are turned down upon the upper surface of the flange portions of the rails, a rigid splice is provided in which the rails will not creep, sink or spread.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new is A rail joint comprising fish plate members, a rail-chair provided with a central thickened portion and a shoulder upon the upper surface of said chair, binding screws extending through the shoulder portion and bearing against the base flange of the rails.

In testimony whereof, I :lfllX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

\VILLIAM BORDEAU. Witnesses EMIL F. PRINCE,

ONESIME DION. 

